XMMS 1.2.10

XMMS is a multimedia player for unix systems. XMMS stands for X MultiMedia System and can play media files such as MP3, MODs, WAV and others with the use of Input plugins.

XMMS is mainly targeted at music playback, but through thirdparty plugins some rudimentary video capabilities exists, but there are much better systems other than XMMS for video support.

It was modeled after winamp from the Windows operating system. XMMS is not a port of Winamp but was written from scratch by Mikael and Peter Alm.

In the Audio I/O tab you control the heart of XMMS, which would be the Input and Output plugins.

In the Input plugins part you can disable/enable and configure the available plugins. The list box displays the name of the plugin, its file name and (disabled) if you have disabled the plugin.

The Output Plugin is where you tell XMMS how it should play the audio back. Today you can only have one Output Plugin active at a time. So you cant both listen to the music through the OSS Driver and save the music to disk with Disk Writer.

Some Features of "XMMS":
Read info on
tells XMMS when to load the information from the files in your playlist.

Demand
will load the information when the files are visible in the playlist.

Load
will load the information when you add the file to the playlist. Having Load turned on when loading a 6000 song playlist might not be a good idea. If both options are turned off XMMS will only load the information when the song is currently playing.

Convert %20 to space
This will convert "%20" to " " when the filename is displayed in the playlist. (%20 is what browsers use instead of space)

Convert underscore to space
This will display " " instead of "_" in the playlist.

Dim titlebar when inactive
Will tell XMMS to use the dimmed titlebar from the current skin when the window is inactive.

Sort "jump to file" alphabetical
Will sort the Jump to file dialog (available by pressing "j") in alphabetical order instead of the order its in the playlist.

Use realtime priority when available
This works only if XMMS is run as root or is setuid as root. It will allow XMMS to get all the CPU power it needs, and can greatly improve the playback on slower systems. NOTE: The Disk Writer plugin will NOT work with this option enabled, also you need to restart XMMS in order for this to make a change.

Pause between song for [ ] seconds
Will make a defined pause between each song.

Show windowmanager decorations
Enables the windowmanager borders around XMMS.

Mouse Wheel adjust Volume by (%)
If you have a mouse with a wheel, you can change how much of the volume to be changed when you move it up or down.

Allow multiple instances
This will allow you to start more than one XMMS. You have to quit XMMS before this change takes effect.

Always show clutterbar
Will make the OAIDV part of the main window to be displayed all the time.

Save window positions
Will save the main windows position on the screen instead of letting the windowmanager choose location.

Show numbers in playlist
Enables the display of the internal track number in the playlist.

Equalizer doublesize linked
Will display the Equalizer in doublesize if you make XMMS doublesize.

Smooth title scroll
Makes the title scroll go smoother.

Snap window at [ ] pixels
Tells XMMS how close you can position the three windows until they dock / snap together with each other.

Use "" as a directory delimiter
This will come in handy if you are using playlist files from a windows player, so XMMS will treat as /.

Use meta data in playlists
When enabled, all playlists will be saved with the configured Title string for quick loading of information when you load a playlist.